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SUMMARY:New Horizons to the Pluto System: Exploring the Frontier of our So
 lar System - Alan Stern (Southwest Research Institute)
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CONTACT:Simon Hodgkin
DESCRIPTION:New Horizons is the first mission to explore the Pluto system 
 and the Kuiper Belt. The spacecraft was launched on 19 January 2006 and wi
 ll begin its encounter studies of Pluto in early 2015\, culminating on 14 
 July 2015 with a close approach about half-way between Pluto and the orbit
  of its large satellite Charon. The spacecraft carries sophisticated panch
 romatic and color imagers\, IR and UV mapping spectrometers\, a radio scie
 nce package\, two in situ plasma instruments\, and a dust counter. I will 
 describe the history of this mission\, the science behind it\, the capabil
 ities of the spacecraft and payload\, the plans for our encounter with pla
 net Pluto\, and briefly outline the extended mission later planned to expl
 ore ancient Kuiper Belt Objects.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4:00 pm)
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